Nursing-bottle support.



B. A. MCGEE,

NURSING BOTTLE SUPPORT APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21.1911.

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NURSING-BOTTLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented An 2?, 1918.

Application filed June 27, 1917. Serial No. 177.184.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, BRUTUs A. MUGEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Nursing-BottleSupports, of which the following is a speeification. 7

My invention relates to nursing bottle sup- -ports that is devicesintended to hold a babys nursing bottle in proper position for use atall times so as to obviate the difficulties which ensue from themomentary disengagement. of the baby from the bottle in the absence ofthe attendant.

My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in theaccompanying drawings wherein Figure l is a side elevation of a supportwith the bottle in position;

Fig. '2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with the bottle removed;

Fig. 3 is a view of a modification of the parts shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail of a modification of the front portion of thesupport;

Fig. 5 is a view of a two part front support;

Fig. 8 is an elevation of a modification of the front support;

Big. T is a cross section on the line 77 of Fig. 8 is a side elevationof a modificationg' Fig. 9 is a plan view thereof; and

10 is a cross section on the line 1010 s are indicated by like lettersin s a base plate onwhich is mounted the supporting ends B and C. Thesupport is provided with a notch in its upper part in which lies therear end the bottle l). The. supporting end C is preferably prwidcd withan aperture C which receives the narrowed neck or other nar M ed portionof the bottle. E, the nipple associated with the bottle. projects beyondthe supporting end U. Either or both of the l and may be hinged to thebase at F but either or both such hinges .1217 be dispensed with. Thesupporting end C niay have a not h C instead of an opening as indicateo.i; r 3 and the bottle be held.

down into position by the securing piece G or wires. string. elastic orother material sprung in place or secured in any desired manner.Obviously the supporting end B could be supplied with a hole instead ofa notch if that were desired. An essential point is that the bottle besupported in inclined position so that its contents will tend to flowtoward the nipple. As illustrated in Figs. it and 5 the end support C isrigid with the base A and associated with a hinged or movable support Jin this case preferably of wire and arranged to form a loop or opening Jsmaller than the opening 0 so as to adapt the device for two sizes ofbottles. The wire J makes an elastic opening J so as to make the deviceadaptable for bottles of various sizes.

In the event of the use of a bottle of uniform diameter the forward endof the bot tie is commonly associated with some annular protuberancewhich may hold the bottle in position in the opening or notch. In suchcases the bottle may be securely clamped into position by an elasticholder like thatillustrated in Fig. 5 or by use of the elastic securingpiece illustrated in Fig. 3.

in Figs. (3 and 7 l have illustrated means whereby the device may beadapted to hold the bottle at different inclinations. In this case thebase A has at its forward end two standards K K. I also provide asliding plate L having toward one end the opening M. The standards andthe plate are associated by means of the tongue and groove so that theplate can slide on the standards and by taking it out and reversing itthe relative altitude of the opening may be varied so as to vary theinclination of the bottle.

in Figs. 5%. 9 and 10 is illustrated a swivel device particularlyadapted to hold a bottle of uniform cross section.

P is the base from which rises the pivot lug P adapted to receive thepin l on the projection P of the carrying lug P This iug is inclined andgrooved at to receive the bottle l. The bottle is preferably held inposition by the clamps P 'P which may be made of any desired material asforinstance rubber.

The holes E in the base are intended to afford means for tying orscrewing or holding the base down when that becomes

